How To Install libevdi0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdi0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libevdi0
libevdi0 is:
The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.
Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.
This package installs the client library used for interfacing with the evdi kernel module.
Package: libevdi0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: evdi Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Hanno Stock [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 34 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Recommends: evdi-dkms Filename: pool/universe/e/evdi/libevdi0_1.6.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 8972 MD5sum: b8febf60b4dd7c33bfc8857df7f0e57b SHA1: dc89abc7c1eec13ffc9ddd7f8bb17190deca40b1 SHA256: b8af28ed257c705b561e61e524bee19d351465f1bb008a4d0dac127f85108e8b Homepage: https://github.com/DisplayLink/evdi Description-en: Extensible Virtual Display Interface driver client library The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.
The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.
Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.
This package installs the client library used for interfacing with the evdi kernel module.
There are three methods to install libevdi0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libevdi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevdi0
Install libevdi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevdi0
Install libevdi0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libevdi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevdi0
How To Uninstall libevdi0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libevdi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevdi0
Uninstall libevdi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevdi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevdi0
Remove libevdi0 Configurations and Data
To remove libevdi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevdi0
Remove libevdi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevdi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevdi0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdi0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
